Necktie



J. ELGIN June 12, 1934.

NECKTIE' Filed Oct. 8, 1932 Ira/872,227 J52 CO5 Patented June 12, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE NECKTIE Jacob Elgin, Chicago, Ill. Application October 8, 1932, Serial No. 636,784

' 3 Claims. (01. 2146) My invention relates to neckties and-has for its principal object the'provision of a double faced necktie, that is to say-one in which either side may be used as the front.

In the usual necktie construction, the goods are out to a predetermined shape and foded to the form of a necktie, the edges at the reverse side of the tie being suitably stitched to connect the parts, and the lining may or may not be fastened within the folded material to form the body of the tie.,

With myinvention, the two opposite sides of the necktie may or may not be of the same material depending on whether or not two different patterns or kinds of neckties are desired. By a special method or process of combining the two sides and the lining of the tie, the raw edges are all placed between the opposed sides and in such a fashion as to avoid one side of the material showing out at the side edge beyond the other material.

One special improvement obtained by this invention is'the hiding of all the seams and raw edges between the two outside layers of material and at the same time fastening the lining down securely so that it cannot wrinkle or twist out of shape.

Other objects andadvantages of the invention will appear as the description proceeds in connection with the accompanying drawing. It is to be understood, however, that the drawing and de- .scription are merely to illustrate the device and the manner of its construction and not to limit the invention except in so far as it is limited by the claims.

In the drawing- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a necktie illustrating the first step in one of the constructions;

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the necktie illustrating the second step thereof;

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view illustrating the relative positions of the two outside interchangeable front and back portions and the lining;

Fig. 1 is a cross sectional view through a necktie illustrating the first step of a slightly modified form;

' Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view through a complete necktie construction as in Fig. '4;

Figs. 6 and 7: are cross sectional views through a modified form of necktie illustrating the initial and final positions of I the lining and thefront and back members;

Figs. 8 and 9 are cross sectional views through a further modified form of necktie illustrating a. manner of forming a necktie from a single piece of material and a lining; and

Fig. 10 is a completed necktie showing where the opening is made for reversing the necktie as will be later explained. I Referring now in detail to the drawing and particularly to Figs. 1 to 3, the necktie is made up of the top layer 11, bottom layer 12, and the lining members 13 and 14. As shown in Fig. 3, the. layers 11 and 12 are the two outside layers of material, and, if it is desired to have difierent patterns or materials for the members 11 and 12, this may be done as 11 and 12 are separate pieces of material in the beginning.

The manner of construction is as follows: The two pieces 11 and 12 are cut out to the shape of a necktie, the one end of the necktie being, as shown in Fig. 10 at 5,'nearly twice as wide as the small end 6, the intermediate portion of the necktie being narrow as shown at 7. This is the ordinary configuration of a necktie, and the ends are three cornered as indicated at 8 and 9. With the pieces 11 and 12 cut out to the shape of the necktie except that they are slightly larger than the completed necktie are laid one on top of the other and stitched together all around except for the small opening 20 (see Fig. 10) by seam 15 which seam may be about a quarter of an inch from the raw edge of the material. The

lining is cut to the shape of the necktie so that the two pieces 13 and 14 when slightly overlapped will be about the width and size of the outline formed by the seam 15. The seam 15 in the completed necktie lies right. at the edge so that the lining should not be any wider than the distance across between the seams at the opposite side edges. The raw edge of this lining or body is then stitched between the materials as shown clearly in Fig. 1 by the seams 16 and 17 all around the necktie except for the small opening 20 (see Fig. 10) This places the raw edge of the lining in the form shown in Figs. 1 to 3 between the two edges of the material. Thetwo pieces 13 and 14 of the lining are then folded over as shown in Fig. 2 and sewed together as indicated at 18.

' The necktie is then ready to be turned, and a small opening, say about two inches. long, is left near the center of the necktie, as indicated at 20.0n Fig. 10, and the two ends 8 and 9 are pushed inwardly to turn the materials inside out which results in the seams 15, 16 and 1'7 and the raw edges of the pieces 11 and 12 being turned inside as shown in Fig. 3. The lining is thus placed. between the two outer pieces 11 and 12,

and the necktie with the exception of stitching the opening 20 and pressing is completed.

It is believed to be evident that the side edges of the pieces 11 and 12 will not have a tendency to curl around so that either piece shows when the other one is in front because they are equally secured and the lining is held firmly in place along both side edges.

In Figs. 4 and 5, the lining pieces 13 and 14 instead of being placed between the pieces of material 11 and 12 are secured on them, and the necktie is inverted in the same fashion as before to bring the seams 15, 16 and 17 and the raw edges between the pieces 11 and 12 as shown in Fig. 5. In cases where a heavier body is desired or where a lighter lining is used, double linings as indicated in Figs. 6 and 7 by the strips 13 and 14 and 13' and 14 are used, each pair of lining strips being secured in the same fashion as in the form shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and the necktie being turned inside out to give the completed form as shown in Fig. '7. In cases where the same pattern or material is desired onboth sides of the necktie, it may be made of a single piece which thus eliminates considerable sewing but does not secure the lining so well. This form of the invention is shown in Figs. 8 and 9 where the strip of material 21 is folded on itself as shown and stitched together down one side by means of the seam 22. The lining 23 is secured between the opposite raw edges of the strip 21 by the seam 24. The strip 21 is then turned inside out to the form shown in Fig. 9 bringing the stitching along one side edge and causing the lining member 23 to extend over to the other side edge of the necktie.

With a necktie constructed in this fashion, both sides may be used interchangeably to give the same service as is normally obtained from two neckties. By using different colors, patterns, or materials for the two opposite sides, most any combination may be obtained that is desired.

' The inside lining or body being fastened down at the side edges throughout the length of the necktie, prevents any twisting or curling of the lining and makes this necktie as easy to press as a single piece of cloth or as a belt of a dress.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A necktie having two opposite faces of different materials and a lining or body, the side edges of which are secured between the side edges of the opposite sides of the materials, the lining and the side edges of the materials being wholly enclosed by the opposite faces of the necktie.

2. A necktie made of two pieces of material stitched together along their side edges and a plurality of layers of lining lying between the two pieces of material, the raw edges of the material lying between the two layers of lining.

3. A necktie made of two pieces of facing material stitched together along their side edges and a plura'ity of pieces of lining material secured on the opposite sides of the raw edges of the facing material.

JACOB ELGIN. 

